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As a society, are we getting fatter than we were 10, 20, 100 years ago? And if so, why? Poorer diets? Less physical activity? These are the questions being posed and answered in many articles and research studies. I even saw a little blurb not too long ago about a study that was trying to determine whether we are more or less active than cavemen. Cavemen? Seriously? Give me a break. I shudder to think how many of our tax dollars went to fund the grant for that study.
The question should not be are we getting fatter. It should be, are we fat? The answer to that is simple. YES! All you have to do is look around. Take a walk through the mall. Yeah, I know, who should define what is fat? True, it is not my place to judge. I do not hang out in the cookie aisle at the grocery store handing out business cards. It really has to be a personal decision. But hopefully an educated decision.
Our role as health professionals, government, etc. is to educate, not regulate and force someone to lead the lives that we know is better for them. It is equivalent to the rebellious teenager. The harder you push, the more they pull away. We have a responsibility to provide healthy alternatives, but we cannot bully society. There will always be a segment of the population that will defy logic and sit on the couch with a bag of chips in one hand and a giant soda in the other.
So how do we get people more interested in eating better and exercising regularly? In this internet-driven, Facebook-posting, Tweeting, instant gratification world that we live in, we need to get people to focus on the immediate benefits of losing weight. Trying to convince someone that they need to lose weight or they will suffer from heart disease or diabetes somewhere down the road just does not connect with a lot of people. Most people live in the here and now. And let's face it, most of us have the attention span of a two-year old.
As a personal trainer, of course I track weight and body fat percentages. But I caution my clients not to expect quick weight loss. Not because it cannot be done, but it should not be done. It is not healthy. But then I quickly turn the conversation to what they can expect in a pretty short amount of time in, which will help keep them engaged.
My favorite is simply "How do you feel?" It is a classic. An oldie but a goodie. You have the immediate after-workout effect, but you also have the day to day benefit. Clients start to not only feel physically better, but mentally as well. There is no bigger motivator than feeling good about yourself. It is very empowering. And when you couple the exercise by starting to change their eating habits, any guilty feelings start to fade away.
Clients also experience less stress or at least report being able to deal with it better. This leads to less kicking of the dog or yelling at your significant other. Another one that I really like is getting a better night's sleep. Regular physical activity has been shown to improve sleep patterns. And who would not want that?
I have a client that I had only been working with for a couple of months. She had missed a session here and there and was struggling with her eating habits, so she had not lost a lot of weight yet. But she came to a session one day ecstatic that she had run up the stairs at her work the day before and got to the top without bending over winded. She was thrilled that she was seeing a positive change even if she did not fit into her college jeans.
If we focus on some of the more intangibles, the weight loss will come along with time and lead to a healthier society. So can we agree to drop the stats and studies laced with medical jargon and just focus on benefits that anyone can relate to?
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